{"id":294603,"date":"2023-11-20T22:39:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T22:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=294603"},"modified":"2023-11-20T22:39:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T22:39:32","slug":"england-fans-fume-at-worst-refereeing-performance-ever-and-dion-dublin-agrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/england-fans-fume-at-worst-refereeing-performance-ever-and-dion-dublin-agrees\/","title":{"rendered":"England fans fume at ‘worst refereeing performance ever’ and Dion Dublin agrees"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    England fans were in agreement that the 1-1 draw with North Macedonia featured the "worst refereeing performance ever".<\/p>\n

    Gareth Southgate's Three Lions concluded their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign with a lacklustre performance on their travels, with the game overshadowed by the decisions of Slovakian official Filip Glova.<\/p>\n

    He failed to award the hosts an early penalty when Harry Maguire bundled into one of their attackers, but then gave a highly-controversial spot kick against Rico Lewis after being sent to the monitor by VAR.<\/p>\n

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    Outside of the game's two major decisions, Glova continued to make eyebrow-raising calls with Channel 4 co-commentator Dion Dublin repeatedly calling him out throughout the second half.<\/p>\n

    His thoughts were echoed by supporters watching on at home, with one arguing: "Worst refereeing performance I\u2019ve ever seen, he\u2019s got literally everything wrong."<\/p>\n

    A second echoed: "This is genuinely one of the worst refereeing performances I have ever seen." A third similarly fumed: "This is one of the worst refereeing displays I\u2019ve ever seen. Not even getting the basics right."<\/p>\n

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    A fourth commented: "One of the worst refereeing displays I\u2019ve ever seen and no bias in that opinion, he\u2019s made an equal amount of terrible decisions in both teams favour."<\/p>\n

    While a fifth added: "This might be one of the worst refereeing performances I\u2019ve ever seen, and I\u2019ve seen a few." And even Clive Tyldesley got in on the action, joking: "Good commercial for Premier League refereeing."<\/p>\n

    Aside from the officiating, Southgate didn't get the performance he would've been hoping for after the drab 2-0 victory over Malta last Friday. England were once again off the pace in Skopje.<\/p>\n

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    Jordan Pickford saved Enis Bardhi's first-half penalty but the North Macedonian midfielder turned home the rebound to sum up the opening 45 minutes for the Three Lions.<\/p>\n

    Jack Grealish tapped in a Bukayo Saka cross shortly after the restart, but a VAR check ruled it out for offside. Harry Kane made an instant impact off the bench, forcing an own-goal from Jani Atanasov from a corner.<\/p>\n

    But England failed to find the back of the net for themselves. Nevertheless, they qualified top of Group C, securing a top seed spot for the draw which will take place next month.<\/p>\n